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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Great Season Raiders!
| Date | Day | Time | Opponent | Location/Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10 | Fri | 7:00 PM | Oconee County (8-AAA) | Won 13-1, (4 innings) |
| Aug 13 | Mon | 5:55 PM | Northwest Whitfield (7B-AAAA) | Lost 6-7, (8 innings) |
| Aug 16 | Thu | 4:30 PM | Rockdale County (2-AAAAAA) | Won 7-4 |
| Aug 16 | Thu | 8:00 PM | Morgan County (8-AAA) | Won 6-4 |
| Aug 17 | Fri | 6:15 PM | Monroe Area (8-AAAA) | Won 9-4 |
| Aug 17 | Fri | 8:00 PM | Walnut Grove (8-AAAA) | Lost 1-2 |
| Aug 18 | Sat | 1:00 PM | Greenbrier (2A-AAAAA) | Won 8-7, (4 ITB's)  |
| Aug 18 | Sat | 6:15 PM | North Oconee (8-AAA) | Won 6-5 |
| Aug 21 | Tue | 5:55 PM | Eastside (8-AAAA)* | Won 6-2 |
| Aug 23 | Thu | 5:55 PM | Lanier (8-AAAA)* | Won 5-4 |
| Aug 27 | Mon | 5:55 PM | Loganville (8-AAAAA) | Lost 2-7 |
| Aug 30 | Thu | 6:30 PM | Johnson, Gainesville (8-AAAA)* | Won 12-0, (4 innings) |
| Sep 06 | Thu | 5:55 PM | Monroe Area (8-AAAA)* | Won 5-3, (9 innings) |
| Sep 07 | Fri | 4:15 PM | North Forsyth (6-AAAAAA) | Won 1-0 |
| Sep 07 | Fri | 8:45 PM | Union Grove (4-AAAAA) | Lost 0-4 |
| Sep 08 | Sat | 10:15 AM | Jones County (2B-AAAAA) | Won 3-1 |
| Sep 11 | Tue | 5:55 PM | Chestatee (8-AAAA)* | Won 11-0, (5 innings) |
| Sep 13 | Thu | 6:30 PM | Walnut Grove (8-AAAA)* | Won 6-0 |
| Sep 14 | Fri | 4:00 PM | Georgia Military (7B-A) | Won 3-2 |
| Sep 14 | Fri | 5:45 PM | South Effingham (3A-AAAA) | Lost 1-2, (8 innings) |
| Sep 15 | Sat | 9:30 AM | Parkview (8-AAAAAA) | Won 10-2, (Coca Cola Classic) |
| Sep 15 | Sat | 1:00 PM | Cross Creek (3B-AAAA) | Won 3-2 |
| Sep 15 | Sat | 2:45 PM | Effingham County (3A-AAAAA) | Won 8-1 |
| Sep 19 | Wed | 6:30 PM | Stephens County (8-AAAA)* | Won 7-1 |
| Sep 20 | Thu | 5:30 PM | Lumpkin County (8-AAAA)* | Won 4-2 |
| Sep 24 | Mon | 5:55 PM | Elbert County (8-AAA) | Won 12-3 |
| Sep 26 | Wed | 5:55 PM | North Oconee (8-AAA) | Won 8-5 |
| Sep 27 | Thu | 5:55 PM | Oconee County (8-AAA) | Won 4-1 |
| Sep 29 | Sat | 11:00 AM | Lanier (8-AAAA) | Won 8-3 |
| Sep 29 | Sat | 1:00 PM | Lanier (8-AAAA) | Won 14-2, (6 innings) |
| Oct 04 | Thu | 7:00 PM | Walnut Grove (8-AAAA) | Won 7-3 |
| Oct 10 | Wed | 4:30 PM | LaGrange (5A-AAAA) | Won 10-1, (5 innings) |
| Oct 10 | Wed | 6:30 PM | LaGrange (5A-AAAA) | Won 6-3 |
| Oct 17 | Wed | 5:00 PM | Heritage, Catoosa (7B-AAAA) | Lost 0-6 |
| Oct 17 | Wed | 7:00 PM | Heritage, Catoosa (7B-AAAA) | Won 5-4 |
| Oct 18 | Thu | 5:00 PM | Heritage, Catoosa (7B-AAAA) | Won 9-8 |
| Oct 25 | Thu | 4:15 PM | Wayne County (3A-AAAA) | Won 3-1 |
| Oct 25 | Thu | 7:00 PM | Northwest Whitfield (7B-AAAA) | Lost 7-8, (8 innings) |
| Oct 26 | Fri | 3:00 PM | Wayne County (3A-AAAA) | Won 5-1 |
| Oct 26 | Fri | 3:00 PM | Columbus (5A-AAAA) | Won 6-1, (Elite 8) |
| Oct 27 | Sat | 10:20 AM | West Laurens (2-AAAA) | Won 2-1, (8 innings) |
| Oct 27 | Sat | 12:20 PM | Northwest Whitfield (7B-AAAA) | Lost 1-2, (8 innings) |
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Raiders split first two games of State Tournament
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| Bri Carr |
In game 2, NW Whitfield took a late 3-2 lead into the final inning, but the Raiders used a 2 out RBI single from Bri Carr to tie the game 3-3. NW Whitfield then struck quickly in extra innings with a 5 run 8th to take an 8-3 lead. Madison County rallied in the bottom of the 8th striking for 2 more runs to close the margin to 8-6. With 2 outs, the Raiders loaded the bases bringing Bri Carr to the plate. Carr walked forcing home the Raiders' 7th run. Game one's hero Dani Lukas then grounded out to end the game at 8-7. The Raiders fall into the losers bracket and will turn around and play again tomorrow, Friday, at 3:00 against the winner of the Columbus/Lumpkin County game.
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Raider softball vs Wayne Co. preview
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| Alexis Damron |
Raiders versus Wayne County
Round 1 of Elite 8 State Tournament
Columbus, Georgia
Thursday, October 25, 4:15
The Madison
County Raiders, 8-AAAA Region Champions (30-6) will face Wayne County (24-2) of
Jessup, Georgia Region 3A-AAAA on Thursday at 4:15 in the Elite Eight of the
State Tournament in Columbus, Georgia. Madison County is coming off a Sweet
Sixteen series win over Heritage-Catoosa last week losing game one 6-0, but
bouncing back to win games two 5-4 and three 9-8 with the help of three home
runs in the series from Ivie Drake.
The Wayne
County Yellow Jackets are coming off a sweep of the state’s 7th ranked
team Locust Grove, 10-2 and 12-3 to advance into the Elite Eight to face
Madison County. The winner of this game will advance to round two and will play
the winner of the Rutland (21-8-1) and the Northwest Whitfield (31-3). The
Jackets, coached by Barbara Struckhoff, are led by pitcher Myranda Hand (18-2)
who was the winning pitcher in both games versus Locust Grove.
The Raiders
will look to their pitching duo of junior Randee Bettis and sophomore Alexis
Damron complemented with the speed of Bri Carr and Haley Gordon on the
offensive side. Add to the mix the power of catcher Ivie Drake the Region
8-AAAA Player of The Year.
The Raiders,
coached by Doug Kesler, defeated Walnut Grove to win the Region Title and
defeated LaGrange in round one of the state playoffs 2 games to 0. Madison
County is 18-2 in their last 20 games.
Wayne
County’s only losses of the season both came against South Effingham County.
The Yellow Jackets are riding a 10 game winning streak and have pitched 11
total shutouts (5 in a row at one point) this season.
Other round
one games will feature Rutland/North West Whitfield, West Laurens/Columbus, and
South Effingham/Lumpkin County.
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Madison County Journal Facebook page for updates throughout the state
tournament or check out the website www.madisoncountyjournaltoday
for updates.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
The school years were like sand through the hourglass
Column Published in this week's issue of The Madison County Journal.
By Dallas Bordon
dallasb32@yahoo.com
dallasb32@yahoo.com
I heard the warnings but didn't really pay much attention to them.
Those warnings were from friends who have experienced the transitions of their
kids’ school years. Their warnings of “Your kids’ school years will fly by”
were right on target. Even though my teenage daughter is just entering the
transition from middle to high school, I can see how time is like sand through
the hourglass. I can vividly remember her days of elementary school when she
roamed the halls of Colbert Elementary. I can remember her first day as I
escorted her to class with neither of us knowing what to expect. I remember the
Field Days at the end of each school year, the parent/teacher conferences, the
school programs, and even times of squeezing myself in the small seat in the
lunchroom when having lunch with her from time to time. It all seems like
yesterday. My friends were right. Those five years of elementary school seem as
if they were just a couple of months ago.
Then my friends warned me of the transition from elementary to middle
school; their warnings of how our kids seemingly change overnight from day one
of middle school. My friends were once again right on target. I do remember the
transition well, but the middle school years seem like a blur. It was as if
someone pushed down on the accelerator of time and in the blink of an eye,
middle school was history. High school is next; the home stretch before she
walks across the stage wearing a cap and gown. I’m feeling older as I write
this column.
As we strolled through the Freshman Academy during Open House at
the start of the school year, I began to feel a sigh of relief. Not that sigh a
parent feels when their child has finally reached high school, but a thankful
sigh of relief that I’m not the one going to school. While walking the halls
trying to find classrooms, I saw familiar sights that gave me flashbacks of my
days in school. I saw panic on the faces of freshman. Their faces told the
story. Feelings of being lost and feelings of the unknown were all too familiar
to me. Again, I was thankful that I was on the outside, as a parent, looking in
and wasn't in their shoes on that night.
While walking through those halls, flashbacks from my school days
were rapidly running through my mind. Those flashbacks took me back, not necessarily
those of high school, but my earlier school years. I flashed back to my first
grade year and the times that I would wear red rubber rain boots to school
almost every day. I’m still not sure why I had an obsession with those boots
and I was too young to have thoughts of starting a new trend. They just felt
right and gave me some sense of security and yes, I was reminded often of how
stupid I looked in them. In today’s time, they would fit right in with some of
the dress styles we see around us.
My elementary school was an old four story building with hardwood
floors that would shine bright from the several layers of built up wax. The old
Leslie Elementary School in Greenwood, South Carolina was leveled many years
ago and the grounds now serve as a parking lot for Lander University. But as I
daily walked those floors in route to the lunchroom, I would always cross paths
with my brother who was three grades ahead of me. He would never pass on the
opportunity to greet me by holding up two fingers symbolizing the peace sign. I
guess that was his way of comforting me as a first grader. We were opposites in
many ways. Teachers would often contact my parents to schedule conferences for
two reasons; one because I wouldn't talk enough, and two because my brother
talked too much.
We all have our vivid memories and stories from our school days of
the past. They were either good memories or ones that we tend to deposit in the
horror sections of our memory banks. But for me, a little boy who never had
much to say, it still seems like only yesterday that I walked around those old
school hallways sporting my red rubber rain boots. Time flies!
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